tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.comments2013-03-17T08:27:47.763-07:00Ancient LogicMorgan Crookshttps://plus.google.com/116551882336216273570noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-48031107036018334832013-03-17T08:27:47.763-07:002013-03-17T08:27:47.763-07:00Hmm, interesting point, Graham. If you can dredge ...Hmm, interesting point, Graham. If you can dredge up some links along those lines, I&#39;d be happy to include them in a &#39;science of Star Trek revisited&#39; post I&#39;m planning.<br />Thanks for reading!Morgan Crookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17300531363519164632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-53038228027407648882013-03-16T21:19:43.381-07:002013-03-16T21:19:43.381-07:00I have to object, Replicators are not that far fet...I have to object, Replicators are not that far fetched, and with expected advances in nanotechnology and computer power should become a reality sometime this century. Transporters may also come into existence, a few years ago scientists successfully teleported a photon.Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-37867338052320001502013-03-15T13:52:53.670-07:002013-03-15T13:52:53.670-07:00I like your idea, Steven, of a high-speed paean to...I like your idea, Steven, of a high-speed paean to arcade games of yore ultimately imparting Buddhist wisdom. In a sense both reach the same melancholy result, an acceptance of the glitches in life.<br /><br />Thanks for reading! Morgan Crookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17300531363519164632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-52145485595698012472013-03-14T22:08:18.810-07:002013-03-14T22:08:18.810-07:00My Four year-old did not discuss either of those i...My Four year-old did not discuss either of those interpretations with me. However, he now calls everything that is not working correctly glitchy. 3guys1movie.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01062517557452204681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-81655720190973933472013-03-12T05:40:42.808-07:002013-03-12T05:40:42.808-07:00My girlfriend and I were discussing your blog, and...My girlfriend and I were discussing your blog, and we feel the movie&#39;s ending is more optimistic than you seem to think.<br /><br />It is true there is no substantial change in the Fix-It Felix situation: Ralph still wrecks and Felix still fixes, and a defeated Ralph is tossed ceremoniously into the mud. But there is an <i>internal transformation</i>, because everyone learns and grows during the course of the movie. They end up appreciating each other and their lot more. And that&#39;s a valuable lesson. Often (though certainly not always) we are powerless to change our circumstances, but we can always change our perceptions and approach to life... and to others.<br /><br />Further is a lesson on selfishness. While his desire to be accepted is certainly understandable, Ralph placed his own desires (the ego) before the well-being of others, and thus placed them in danger... and ultimately endangers himself. Everyone must walk a path between pursuit of our own desires and being considerate of others, and this is a careful and often difficult balancing act.<br /><br />These lessons are very Buddhist, to me. =) And I think the movie conveys them very effectively.Steven Markleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951418187551178934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-78246867555771323642013-03-06T14:39:04.686-08:002013-03-06T14:39:04.686-08:00Thanks for the good word! As I started &quot;Blue ...Thanks for the good word! As I started &quot;Blue Mars,&quot; I found it hard to visualize the world without seeing your paintings. That&#39;s a tribute to your talent.Morgan Crookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17300531363519164632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-30184125990188775292013-03-06T14:39:04.444-08:002013-03-06T14:39:04.444-08:00Thanks for the good word! As I started &quot;Blue ...Thanks for the good word! As I started &quot;Blue Mars,&quot; I found it hard to visualize the world without seeing your paintings. That&#39;s a tribute to your talent.Morgan Crookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17300531363519164632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-30184173384150644442013-03-02T12:21:54.302-08:002013-03-02T12:21:54.302-08:00Waow, very cool! Thanks a lot for sharing about my...Waow, very cool! Thanks a lot for sharing about my work! Your blog have some very rich matter. Keep the great work!Ludovic CELLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756233298167520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-77804358518769966892013-02-16T20:05:06.452-08:002013-02-16T20:05:06.452-08:00Interessting review. It definitely had a small wor...Interessting review. It definitely had a small world that it focused in on than Traffic or Contagion, but I think that was because he was telling a more intimate, more tightly focused story. Those other two were global narratives, so they allowed him to paint a broader cross section of people. <br /><br />You&#39;re right, the film definitely has some flaws, but overall I felt it was a watchable, enjoyable film. It&#39;ll be a shame if Soderbergh does retire... :(fogsmoviereviews.comhttp://fogsmoviereviews.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-48502651145934365482013-02-12T15:27:20.452-08:002013-02-12T15:27:20.452-08:00I honestly don&#39;t know but it appears that some...I honestly don&#39;t know but it appears that some cars steam right through the intersection always white, while others switch to white after they stop at the intersection. To me it seems that the cars who turn switch to yellow once they make the turn. But that&#39;s really just a guess. I also don&#39;t know how this video was generated, whether it&#39;s just a visualization of the automated traffic flow or if it comes from the program that would presumably govern this behavior. Good question!Morgan Crookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17300531363519164632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-26816723023455994982013-02-12T05:51:32.334-08:002013-02-12T05:51:32.334-08:00 Why do the yellow cars turn into white cars? Why do the yellow cars turn into white cars?AlexDWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15852498895661524047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-17771919469283488562013-02-05T13:46:59.390-08:002013-02-05T13:46:59.390-08:00Thank you very much for your kind words and the mo...Thank you very much for your kind words and the mohole drawing. You&#39;re website is amazing, and I hope you won&#39;t mind me sending some additional traffic your way through posts in the future. If the Mars Trilogy television miniseries ever gets off the ground, you have my vote for concept artist.Morgan Crookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17300531363519164632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-32267232953048961702013-02-05T05:20:07.710-08:002013-02-05T05:20:07.710-08:00hi!
a friend from kimstanleyrobinson.info just let...hi!<br />a friend from kimstanleyrobinson.info just let me know about your post here. Cool one indeed!<br />I&#39;m the author of the mohole drawing. You can see much more of my Mars artworks on my Da Vinci Mars Design blog : http://davinci-marsdesign.blogspot.fr/ <br />Actually I didn&#39;t remember much the air mining, but yes that&#39;s a very interesting part of the settlement on Mars.<br />As you will see on my blog, I have made a lot of images on another impressive tech in the book : the space elevator.<br />Keep the good work! I really enjoyed that little post on this great book!Ludovic Cellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756233298167520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-3074309614816028072013-02-04T15:38:03.078-08:002013-02-04T15:38:03.078-08:00As I said on your G+ post, I think this was a very...As I said on your G+ post, I think this was a very insightful take on my obvious blooper. Thanks for caring enough to reply!Morgan Crookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17300531363519164632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-66607657664145707612013-02-04T09:09:39.234-08:002013-02-04T09:09:39.234-08:00Morgan: I had thought your use of the word &quot;E...Morgan: I had thought your use of the word &quot;Establishment&quot; was intentional, and I wrote this while thinking about it.<br /><br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/111448285861906366121/posts/jnWqEp5hZ18" rel="nofollow">Ingress Politics vs American Politics</a>Dusty Jewetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11661515204210735777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-22809746916875207682013-02-04T09:07:57.459-08:002013-02-04T09:07:57.459-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dusty Jewetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11661515204210735777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-4693578445048443792013-02-03T17:07:05.268-08:002013-02-03T17:07:05.268-08:00Oops! Thanks for the catch and thanks for reading....Oops! Thanks for the catch and thanks for reading. I hope I get another chance soon, it was a blast.Morgan Crookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17300531363519164632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-90819368661255834252013-02-03T17:01:09.952-08:002013-02-03T17:01:09.952-08:00Green is Enlightened, not Establishment. Glad you ...Green is Enlightened, not Establishment. Glad you got to play though! :)Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06166096742629381396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-70604996511640266092013-02-01T03:28:56.043-08:002013-02-01T03:28:56.043-08:00I learned from another commenter that Tarantino&#3...I learned from another commenter that Tarantino&#39;s long-time editor and he split ways. I that answers a lot of questions for me, especially the weirdly broken ending. <br />In the end, I you said, very forgettable. Morgan Crookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17300531363519164632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-10497505538574667672013-01-31T16:17:45.138-08:002013-01-31T16:17:45.138-08:00I too am very much a fan of Tarantino movies. I lo...I too am very much a fan of Tarantino movies. I love there twists and their usually witty dialogue. Unfortunately I found Django Unchained as bloated as Tarantino&#39;s face. The dialogue was average - how motherfucker could make it into the script of a story set in the old west, who knows? The story only had one place to go, Django kills all the bad guys. I enjoyed Inglorious Basterds much more because it surprised, and the opening scene&#39;s dialogue will go down in history as some of the cleverest written. I think Django could have easily been edited down to just over an hour and a half. But, for a man who had given us Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, From Dusk to Dawn and Deathproof (I liked it too), I will forgive him this one. Django is a very forgettable film. There are no classic scenes in it, except for perhaps the pub scene where he shoots the sheriff - now that was sort of unexpected. Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-35490483906844108452013-01-21T15:53:07.458-08:002013-01-21T15:53:07.458-08:00Not at all! I think everyone got the right amount ...Not at all! I think everyone got the right amount to talk, including the audience. From my admittedly shallow experience, it seemed well-attended as well.<br /><br />I don&#39;t think a good moderator can necessarily save a bad panel, but a bad moderator can really sink an otherwise decent one. Alan did a good job striking the right tone early on, which is impressive, when you think about it, considering the guy didn&#39;t have a chair to sit on:)Morgan Crookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17300531363519164632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-13564549556190957392013-01-21T15:36:49.291-08:002013-01-21T15:36:49.291-08:00It was an excellent panel, I think! And very well-...It was an excellent panel, I think! And very well-moderated, which was a big relief. A poor moderator can really ruin a panel.<br /><br />I hope I wasn&#39;t too talkative. :DQuasithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05147005081906046351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-36985222707350353172013-01-12T12:24:26.669-08:002013-01-12T12:24:26.669-08:00I completely agree with you on that. Reagan was st...I completely agree with you on that. Reagan was still President when Encounter at Farpoint came out. Weirdness. Morgan Crookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17300531363519164632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-29086698878608484082013-01-11T16:38:16.141-08:002013-01-11T16:38:16.141-08:00You know I was actually incredulous when I saw you...You know I was actually incredulous when I saw you wrote &quot;80s&quot;. I thought, surely he means the 1990s, so convinced was I that STNG was a entirely a product of that era.<br /><br />But of course you&#39;re right. Started in 1987. That&#39;s the weirder thing somehow in my mind.Peter K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17181421723646836427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331172036421362099.post-50411991896692782612013-01-07T17:10:57.686-08:002013-01-07T17:10:57.686-08:00I recall reading somewhere that the strongest and ...I recall reading somewhere that the strongest and weakest aspect of TNG was that their method of dealing with most situations was to have a meeting. On one hand, it represents the best instincts: discuss the situation, get information and perspectives, contemplate the best solution. On the other hand, it doesn&#39;t always make for the most compulsive viewing....Marshall Ryan Marescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06259367667777920728noreply@blogger.com